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grauenhaft — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • atrocious adjective Extremely cruel, brutal, or shocking.
  • gruesome adj Causing horror or disgust, especially through graphic violence or death.
  • harrowing adj Extremely distressing or disturbing.

Senses

grauenhaft is used for these senses in English:

  • atrocious Frightful, evil, cruel, or monstrous.
  • gruesome Repellently frightful and shocking; horrific or ghastly.
  • harrowing (formal) Causing pain or distress; harrying.

atrocious — full definition

  1. adjective Extremely cruel, brutal, or shocking.
  2. adjective Very bad in quality; appalling.

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